Chapter 959: Rescue Miluo Town
A few hours later, the independent battalion of the security regiment arrived in the town of Miluo near the Miluo River.
After a night of fighting, the main force of the Japanese 6th Division occupied many villages and towns on the south bank of the Miluo River.
At this time, Japanese troops were attacking the positions of the defenders in Miluo Town.
"Tutu Tu Tu !! Tu
"Dada, dada!!"
"Tom, tom, tom!!"
Fierce gunfire continued to ring, and the defenders and the little devils engaged in a fierce battle.
The attack on Miluo Town was the first part of the 36th Brigade of the Japanese Army, and the brigade commander was Mitsuru Ushijima.
The fighting between the two sides was fierce, and the Japanese soldiers had no idea that the officers and men of the security regiment had moved to their flanks.
Dong Guiqing, commander of the independent battalion, was about to seize the fighter plane to launch an attack on the Japanese army, and immediately sent a telegram to Li Hong asking for combat instructions.
After Li Hong received Dong Guiqing's telegram, he did not immediately agree to the other party's entry into battle.
Li Hong is not only to relieve the defenders of Miluo Town, he is ready to wait for the first battalion to arrive and encircle and annihilate the little devils.
The first battalion of the security regiment was not far from Miluo Town, and in less than half an hour, they rushed to the outside of Miluo Town.
Subsequently, the officers and men of the 1st Battalion and the Independent Battalion of the Security Regiment encircled the Japanese troops attacking Miluo Town in accordance with Li Hong's orders.
The defenders of the national army in Miluo Town learned of the arrival of reinforcements from the security regiment.
When reinforcements arrived, the morale of the defenders was greatly boosted, and the commanders of the national army immediately organized their forces and launched a counteroffensive against the Japanese.
The little devils and the officers and soldiers of the country fought for every inch of land, and neither side refused to give up their positions.
The purpose of the fierce exchange of fire between the officers and men of the national army and the little devils was to hold back the attacking devil soldiers and create favorable conditions for the encirclement of the two battalions of the security regiment.
The Japanese officers and men were in the middle of the battle, and the enemy did not know that they were already surrounded by two battalions of the security regiment.
Each infantry battalion of the security regiment had an artillery company, and two battalions of artillery units had already set up artillery positions on the outskirts of Miluo Town.
After the artillery of the security regiment had established their positions, they suddenly launched an artillery bombardment on the attacking Japanese troops.
"Mortar preparation !!"
"Cannon !!"
Artillery batteries of two battalions of the security regiment simultaneously carried out shelling.
The mortar company is equipped with medium and large-caliber mortars, and the power of the shells is not small.
"Tom, tom, tom!!"
"Tom, tom, tom......"
As a burst of artillery fire fell, shells bombarded the positions occupied by the Japanese in a dense manner.
The shells flew very suddenly, and the attacking little devils were caught off guard by the shelling.
"Boom, boom, boom!!"
"Boom, boom, boom!!"
The shells exploded in all directions, hitting the crowd of little devils fiercely.
The little devil soldiers, who charged halfway to the attack, were brutally killed by a rain of shells.
The shells exploded everywhere, and the little devils continued to die tragically under the fire, and the surviving little devils fled from the explosion point in embarrassment with their heads in their hands.
"Ahh......h
The screams of the devil soldiers were endless, and the unlucky Japanese soldiers fell to the ground in groups of dead and wounded.
"Help me, save me!!"
"Medic, Medic ......"
The devil soldiers cried out in pain.
The devil medical personnel hurriedly dragged the wounded devil soldiers to a safe point, but the artillery fire was too dense, and the devil's medic was also killed.
There was not a single gap in the shells of the mortars, and they flew in waves after waves, so that the little devils did not have a chance to breathe at all.
The offensive formation of the devils was quickly disrupted, and the machine gun positions and mortar positions established by the Japanese were destroyed by shells one by one.
"Beware of the shells, beware of the cannonballs!!"
"Baga Ya Road, quickly hidden, quickly concealed !!"
The devil officers and soldiers shouted in terror as they scattered in search of cover nearby.
After the Devil's front-line combat units were subjected to heavy shelling, the Devil's commander immediately called the brigade headquarters to request artillery support.
However, the artillery position of the devil's brigade was attacked by the artillery of the security regiment, and the devil's artillery was basically destroyed.
Having lost artillery support, the captain of the devil's brigade immediately ordered the front-line troops to evacuate.
By the time the little devils were ready to flee, their outer positions had already been surrounded by two battalions of the security regiment.
The little devils organized troops to rush left and right to try to break through, but as a result, the devils were hit hard by the officers and soldiers of the security regiment everywhere.
The devil troops paid a lot of casualties, but they were still unable to break through the encirclement.
At this moment, the captain of the little devil was completely anxious, where had they encountered such a strong Chinese army.
The little devils all attacked alone in large groups, and the enemy's forces were too scattered, and the rest of the devil troops were separated by more than ten kilometers or dozens of kilometers.
"Hurry up, ask for reinforcements from the wing headquarters!!"
According to the instructions of the brigade commander, the devil's communication soldiers reported the siege of Miluo Town to their superiors.
The little devils in Miluo Town will be attacked by the officers and soldiers of the security regiment when they rush outside the town, and the enemy will be attacked and shelled by the defenders when they stay in the town.
The enemy broke through several times, and the number of casualties reached more than half.
At this time, the combat effectiveness of this devil's army had declined, and the Japanese army wanted to escape, and had no fighting spirit to continue fighting.
The battalion commanders of the two battalions of the security regiment reported the battle situation in Miluo Town to Li Hong, who rushed over.
Li Hong knew that there were many troops near the little devil, and once the little devil was besieged, the little devils nearby would definitely send reinforcements.
Li Hong ordered two battalions to quickly launch an attack on the Japanese army in Miluo Town, eat this Japanese brigade in one fell swoop, and extinguish the arrogance of the Japanese army.
The defenders of the town concentrated their forces and firepower and took the lead in attacking the little devils.
Originally, the defenders of the town had a brigade, which was several times larger than the Japanese brigade in strength.
However, don't underestimate a brigade of the Japanese army, the weapons and equipment equipped by the devils are far superior to a brigade of the national army.
The defenders of a brigade were suppressed and beaten by a Japanese brigade, which was not the weakness of the national army.
An elite devil brigade can completely crush a brigade, and even an army division without heavy firepower equipment cannot withstand the onslaught of a Japanese brigade.
After the order was given to the 1st battalion and the separate battalion of the security regiment, the artillery stopped shelling.
"Brothers of the first battalion, rush, !!"
"Brother of the independent battalion, rush, kill all the little devils!!"
The soldiers of the 1st Battalion and several companies of the Independent Battalion took up their weapons and rushed quickly into the town.
The remaining soldiers of the security regiment, who held their positions on the outskirts, blocked the Japanese breakout troops.
Even if the Japanese troops were elite, however, the weapons and equipment of the first battalion and the independent battalion were superior and there were many little devils, and the enemy's weapons were not worth mentioning in front of the security regiment at all.
The officers and men of the security regiment fought and charged, and at the same time set up machine-gun positions and grenadier positions.